Milking stool



July 21, 1925.

R. POWERS MILKING STOOL Filed April 18, 1925 Izaezzivr ted duly 21,

pairs!) STATES RICHARD POWERS, OF LAKE GENEVA, WISCONSIN.

MILKING STOOL.

Application filed April 18, 1925.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD Pownns, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Lake Geneva, Visconsin, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in lsiilking Stools, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to milking stools, and more particularly to an improved construction in stools which combines with the stool proper a support for the pail during the milking operation.

T he object of the invention is to provide a practical and useful device for the purpose described and incorporating certain novel and improved features calculated to extend its usefulness and render it more adaptable to actual conditions of use.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is disclosed in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view of the stool in side elevation showing a pail supported thereby.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the stool with the pail removed.

Figure 3 is a view in front elevation of the stool, and

Figure 4 is a plan view of the ring in extended position as taken on line 44 of Figure l.

The stool proper is preferably of an all metal construction consisting of an inverted cylindric body 1 of sheet metal having a flat top or seat and supported on three legs 2 mace of lengths of flat bar stock bent double with the wall of the body secured by screws or rivets 3 between the upper end portions of the legs.

Secured to the annular walls of the body 1 and at a point midway between two of the legs 2 is a vertical pail supporting arm 4 consisting of a fiat bar bolted or riveted to the outside of the body and having an upwardly extending portion 5 projecting some six inches above the seat. The extended portion is formed by bending the bar double, that is, rearwardly and downwardly with resp ct to the body, with a space'or slot 5 between the two portions of the bar. The projecting portion 5 is also curved out- Serial No. 24,009.

wardly and away from the body. At intervals along the extended end portion of the bar, a series of holes 6 are drilled through both bars at intervals of an inch or so apart. A removable pin 7 such as a cotter pin, is inserted through any one of the various sets of holes for the purpose of adjustment as will presently be seen.

Passing through the slot 5 in the extended arm 5 of the pail support is a ring 8 of wire which engages the milking pail 9 around its upper edge. The ring is preferably expansible so that it can be readily adjusted to fit around the pail, this being accomplished by providing overlapping end portions bound together by wire rings 10 which allow the portions to slide upon each other by grasping the turned over extremities 8. The height to which the ring is held is manifestly determined by the setting of the pin 7, and hence the height of pail above the ground may be veried to meet the particular conditions of use. Thus the pail 9 held within the ring 8 rests against the body throughout its lower portion, and due to the fact that there is considerable play of the ring in the slot 5 it is possible to move the pail from side to side with a rolling movement without shifting the position of the stool. To permit the pail to be thus shifted, as is necessary in the milking operation, a plate 11 is riveted over the lower end of the bar a so as to provide a smooth surface against which the pail may rest.

Having thus described the novel features of the milking stool embodying the invention, I claim:

1. A milking stool comprising a seat, an arm fixed to and extending above said seat, a slot in said arm, a ring passing through said slot, and means for adjusting the position of said ring vertically in said slot.

2. A milking stool comprising a body forming the seat portion of the stool, an arm fixed to said body and extending above the seat, said arm consisting of abar bent double to form a vertical slot, a ring loosely held in said slot, and a ring supporting member adjustable along said arm.

3. A milking stool comprising a body por- 2 v I I 1,546,454

tion supported on legs and forming the stool proper, an arm fixed to said body portion and extending above the seat of the stool and comprising a bar bent double to form a vertical slot, a pail supporting ringpass- 'ing through said slot, said arm having a series of holes spaced at intervals therealong, and a pin adapted to be inserted through said holes to support said ring in various positions along said arm. 10

Signed at Lake Geneva this 14th day oi? April 1925. v v

RICHARD POWERS. 

